London Contemporary danCe SChooL S GraduatinG Student 2016 lcds.ac.uk London Contemporary danCe SChooL London Contemporary Dance School has been preparing young artists for a physically rigorous and highly creative profession for over 45 years. The school ensures that its students are versed in the skills and knowledge that will enable them to achieve success within the professional dance industry, in whatever shape that may take in the future. An education at London Contemporary Dance School is grounded in a culture that celebrates the young emergent artistic voice, which gives it space, acknowledgment and above all works to develop its uniqueness. 2 Graduation performanCeS 2016 repertoire 3 DAnCerS: Micha Baltman, Jade Brider, Charlotte Hilton, Beth James, Margarida Macieira, richard Pye, Leanne Vincent, Kyle White MuSiC: Við Gengum Tvö by eivør; Escape by Johann Johannsson; Laudate Dominum by Mozart CostuMe DeSign AnD MAKing: Frances Morris AssistanT CostuMe MAKerS: Sharon Coleman, Kitty Power and elizabeth Burrows LigHTing: Michael Mannion S CouSinS oWerS Jame She painted fL described by matthew Bourne as “one of the uK’s most promising choreographic talents”, James was the winner of the inaugural new adventures Choreographer award, which culminated in a sold out performance at Sadler’s Wells in 2012. James graduated from London Contemporary dance School in 2010. he formed James Cousins Company with producer francesca moseley, touring to popular and critical acclaim both nationally and internationally. as a freelance choreographer, James has been commissioned to create work for companies around the world including national Ballet of Chile, oper Graz, royal Ballet of flanders and Scottish Ballet. James is a Work place artist at the place and in summer 2015 he was selected to be a part of Sadler’s Wells’ four year Summer university programme. he graduated from London Contemporary dance School in 2010. jamescousinscompany.com Graduation performanCeS 2016 repertoire 4 DAnCerS: Katy Ayling, Sara Augieras, Julia Bengtsson, Susannah Browning, Christine Felkin, Phoebe Head, Jessica Johnson, Maeve Mcgreevy, Jessie roberts Smith, Caileigh Suline, elena Zubeldia Perez MuSiC: Feelings by Carole King, sung by nina Simone CostuMe DeSign AnD MAKing: Bettina John AssistanT CostuMe MAKerS: Sharon Coleman, Kitty Power and elizabeth Burrows LigHTing: Michael Mannion ) Ben duKe o partS an russia in tW S of paG (piCture the rite of SprinG Ben is artistic director and co-founder of Lost dog. he trained at Guildford School of acting, London Contemporary dance School and has a first class degree in english Literature from newcastle university. his work explores the overlap and transition between dance and theatre. Lost dog’s most recent work Paradise Lost (lies unopened beside me) won the national dance award for outstanding male performance and has been nominated for a Sky arts South Bank award. in 2011, Lost dog won the place prize for dance sponsored by Bloomberg with their duet It Needs Horses. not that awards are all that matter... there have been works that haven’t won any awards that Ben is still very proud of (and some that he isn’t). Ben has also created work for Barely methodical troupe, Scottish dance theatre, dance umbrella and phoenix dance theatre. Ben is a Work place artist. lostdogdance.co.uk Graduation performanCeS 2016 repertoire 5 CHoreogrAPHiC materiAL: Ben Mcewen and Vera Tussing, in collaboration with the dancers DAnCerS: olatz de Andres, Marcus Foo, Martina gambardella, Megan Hatto, Danae Morfoniou, Alexandra Winer SounD: Michael Picknett CostuMe DeSign AnD MAKing: Sara rowlands AssistanT CostuMe MAKerS: Sharon Coleman, Kitty Power and elizabeth Burrows LigHTing: Michael Mannion Ben McEwen &tu ssinG Vera /uSh/uLL Ben mcewen is a dancer. he graduated from trinity Laban before going p on to complete the training cycle at PARTS. he now regularly works as a performer and researcher for Vera tussing, and is currently working with francesco Scavetta/Wee. he has appeared in works by hagit yakira, Leila mcmillan, nicola Conibere and others, almost always wearing a blue t-shirt as costume, and was in the BBC documentary Dance Rebels: A Story of Modern Dance, (though he doesn’t consider himself much of a rebel). he also enjoys aikido, hiking, barefoot running and tea. Vera tussing graduated from London Contemporary dance School and has worked as a choreographer, creator and dancer throughout Belgium, the uK and europe. a central theme of Vera’s work is how the different senses combine to structure our perception and the creation of unique, inter-personal encounters between audience, performer and performance. She is currently setting up a new creation under the title of Mazing that will premiere in october 2016 at StuK, Leuven (Belgium). Vera is a Work place artist at the place. veratprojects.com Graduation performanCeS 2016 repertoire 6 DAnCerS: Jamie Chapman, Charlotte emms, rebecca Friedman, Sophie Hall, ricky Lee Huckstep, Kellie Jones, Maddie Jonsson, georgia redgrave, renee Stewart MuSiC: Sonata in La Mineur K.109 by Domenico Scarlatti; Title by nitin Sawhney; Maja by urmas Sisask CostuMe DeSign AnD MAKing: nicole Bowden AssistanT CostuMe MAKerS: Sharon Coleman, Kitty Power and elizabeth Burrows LigHTing: Michael Mannion didy VeLWheredman one iS dutch choreographer didy Veldman trained in amsterdam and danced with Scapino Ballet, Ballet du Grand théâtre de Genève and rambert dance Company. She began choreographing in 1987, creating work for the repertoires of all three companies, as well as independently. She started her own dance company, alias with Guilherme Botelho before leaving to join rambert dance Company. her first full-length work Carmen was created for northern Ballet theatre and has been re-staged for Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de montreal, the royal new Zealand Ballet and the Lithuanian national Ballet. didy recently started her own Company umanoove and her first independent production The Happiness Project will tour the uK, with a London premiere at the place in may 2017. She was recently awarded a dance east choreographic development award. didyveldman.com Graduation performanCeS 2016 repertoire 7 DAnCerS: Sarah Brahim, Amy Harris, Yue Tong Kwan, Fern Moutrie, Alexandra Pholien, Maria eleonora ramsby Herrera, Waddah Sinada, ellen Slatkin, Bradley Smail MuSiC: Sabio Janiak; Woods by Bon iver CostuMe DeSign AnD MAKing: Lydia Crawson AssistanT CostuMe MAKerS: Sharon Coleman, Kitty Power and elizabeth Burrows LigHTing: Michael Mannion yaKira haGit aBout time hagit yakira is an award-winning israeli choreographer who trained at the music and dance academy in Jerusalem, israel. after qualifying as a dance movement therapist, hagit relocated to London where she completed an ma in european theatre dance. She has created eight works for her company alongside commissioned works for other companies. She has toured numerous festivals and dance platforms around the world and has led performance projects and workshops for both professional dancers and the community. hagit is a teacher and a guest choreographer at northern School of Contemporary dance, trinity Laban and the place; she delivers workshops at impulstanz, Vienna and is collaborating with Stavanger university to develop their renewed dance programme. hagit is currently undertaking a phd in Choreography at trinity Laban. hagityakira.com Graduation performanCeS 2016 repertoire 8 Student Works adumBration CoVer me Choreography & Performance: Joey Barton, Choreography: Heather Birley & the performers Harry ondrak-Wright Performers: James Adams and evie Hart Music: Mophead by edit, Signals by Brian eno Music: Takedown by Tom Player, Electronic metronome BPM130 by gM Factory another Way of taLKinG Choreography: Maeve Mcgreevy with thanks to the doWn the aLiCe hoLe dancers for their contribution during the creative process Choreography & Performance: Micha Baltman, Performers: Jade Brider, Kellie Jones, Margarida Macieira Jessie roberts-Smith, Matti Tauru Composer: Toby Huelin Music: Jeux d’Eau by Maurice ravel; performed by Musicians: Penka Petkova – cello, Ben Tarlton – cello Vlado Perlemuter Made as part of the collaboration project with “Tango is a mirror of the Finnish soul, giving direct postgraduate composers from guildhall School of access to the melancholy that is an essential part of music and Drama. our nature.” - Jukka-Pekka Saraste in social dancing, the Finnish word “haku” refers to automaton animaLia asking someone to dance with you while also translating Direction: Marcus Foo to the word “search”. Movement material created by the performers: Calvin Carrier, Venetia Lim, Zsófi Liszkai, Jieying nah, haKu Jaime nixon Choreography & Performance: Matti Tauru Music: edited and arranged by Venetia Lim and Music: Hiljainen Kylätie by Metro-Tytöt Marcus Foo with extracts from White Light by Frank “Tango is a mirror of the Finnish soul, giving direct Bretschneider, Way to go Nina! by Christophe Beck access to the melancholy that is an essential part of and Hemiplegia by Haerts our nature.” - Jukka-Pekka Saraste Costumes: Francis Morris in social dancing, the Finnish word “haku” refers to if i look hard enough, if i could will the mind to look asking someone to dance with you and also translates beyond the arch, i might still see it. Maybe it’s still there, as “search”. just not really here anymore. hear me automaton animaLia (screen version) Choreography: Alexandra Pholien Performers: Molly Danter, Jieying nah, Zsófi Liszkai, A film directed and edited by: Marcus Foo Cher nicolette Ho, Titisa Jeamsakul (ice) Performers: Jie Ying nah & Zsofi Liszkai Music: Valse En Exil by Thomas Dutronc Music: edited by Marcus Foo with extracts from The silence between the tracks of music i was listening White Light by Frank Bretschneider, Infra by Max richter to while running allowed me to be more aware of the and Way to go Nina! by Christophe Beck environment i was surrounded by. in a way the loud Time lapse: footage extracted from Prelinger Archives music in my ears was highlighting these few seconds of All movement material created by the performers. silence during which i really could perceive the sound of the train or a bird singing or even someone snoring.